Caledonia Gladiators (women)

Caledonia Gladiators
League	SLB
Founded	2016;9 years ago (2016)
History	Caledonia Pride 2016-2022 Caledonia Gladiators 2022-present
Arena	Playsport Arena [1]
Location	East Kilbride, Scotland
Head coach	Chantelle Handy
Ownership	Steve and Alison Timoney
Website	Official website

The Caledonia Gladiators are a professional women's basketball team based in East Kilbride, Scotland. Formerly known as Caledonia Pride, they are the first and currently only women's professional basketball team in Scotland, competing in the Super League Basketball.

History

Caledonia Pride (2016-2022)
In May 2016, the Women's British Basketball League awarded a franchise to basketballscotland, seeking to establish a franchise to help better prepare the Scottish national team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. ^{[2] [3]} In August 2016, the name Caledonia Pride was chosen and the team's coach was announced to be Edinburgh University women's head coach Bart Sengers, who would coach Pride for the next six seasons. ^{[4] [5]} After a 6 year run as Caledonia Pride and a disappointing 31 wins from 104 league games it was time for Scotland’s only professional female basketball team to look at a new way forward in respect of playing personnel and proper funding.

Caledonia Gladiators (2022–present)
In June 2022, basketballscotland announced the transfer of the professional franchise to the Lady Rocks basketball club. ^{[6] [7]} The new team was named Caledonia Gladiators, referencing the original name of the Lady Rocks club formed in 2006, with plans for their own custom-built facility in Lanarkshire. ^{[8] [9]} The 2022-23 season saw the newly formed club finish 2nd in the WBBL, a highest ever finish for any Scottish team. The 2023-24 season saw the Gladiators enter the FIBA EuroCup Women in a first ever foray into European competition with Coach Ortega taking his team to the knockout stages of the competition. Season 2024-25 saw a 2nd year of entering the FIBA EuroCup Women, however this campaign was short lived with 6 losses and no wins for Coach Handy.

Home Venue

• Oriam National Performance Centre (2016-2019)
• University of Edinburgh Pleasance Sports Complex (2019–2021)
• The Crags Centre (2021-2022)
• Lagoon Centre (2022-2023)
• Playsport Arena (2023–present) ^[1]

A purpose built 6000 seater arena was due for completion in 2024, however this has been postponed indefinitely.

Home games have also been played at the Grangemouth Sports Complex, Falkirk; Emirates Arena, Glasgow and The Peak, Stirling.

Season-by-season records

Season	Division	Tier	Regular Season						Post-Season	WBBL Trophy	WBBL Cup	Head Coach
			Finish	Played	Wins	Losses	Points	Win %
Caledonia Pride
2016-17	WBBL	1	9th	18	5	13	10	0.278	Did not qualify	Pool Stage	1st round	Bart Sengers
2017-18	WBBL	1	7th	20	7	13	14	0.350	Quarter-finals	Pool Stage	Runners Up	Bart Sengers
2018-19	WBBL	1	11th	22	4	18	8	0.182	Did not qualify	Pool Stage	Quarter-finals	Bart Sengers
2019-20	WBBL	1	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic							Pool Stage	1st round	Bart Sengers
2020-21	WBBL	1	11th	20	3	17	6	0.150	Did not qualify	1st round	Did not compete	Bart Sengers
2021-22	WBBL	1	6th	24	12	12	24	0.500	Semi-finals	1st round	Group Stage	Bart Sengers
Caledonia Gladiators
2022-23	WBBL	1	2nd	22	17	5	34	0.773	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	Miguel Ángel Ortega Marco
2023-24	WBBL	1	2nd	20	16	4	32	0.800	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals		Miguel Angel Ortega Chantelle Handy

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.

No. Pos. Nat. Player 4 G   SCO Robyn Lewis 5 G   EST Téa Adams 6 G   SCO Emma Kerr 7 G   FRA Mathilde Domenger 9 G   SCO Hannah Robb 13 C   USA Delaynie Byrne 14 F   SCO Erin McGarrachan 21 F   ENG Maya Price 22 G   USA Kat Tudor 25 C   SCO Kirsty Brown 26 G   SCO Kerry McGhee 27 G   SCO Alix McIntosh 32 C   USA Ae’Rianna Harris

Honours

WBBL Cup

• Runners-up: 2017-2018

Betty Cordona Trophy 2025

Caledonia Blues

In 2025, the Gladiators announced the launch of a new development team, Caledonia Blues, to support younger players under 23 years old to train and play, and integrate and play with the Gladiators’ first teams. ^[10]

References

1. Caledonia Gladiators win on British Basketball League debut in new East Kilbride home, BBC Sport, 6 October 2023
2. Woods, Mark (13 May 2016). "Basketball: Capital side added to league". The National . Retrieved 5 November 2016.
3. Egelstaff, Susan (16 September 2016). "Basketball: Wood full of pride as she fulfils her dream calling". The National. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
4. Sutherland, Sandy (2 August 2016). "Scotland's new women's basketball team named Caledonia Pride". Edinburgh Evening News . Retrieved 5 November 2016.
5. Sutherland, Sandy (2 June 2016). "Bart Sengers sets out holy trinity for basketball". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
6. "A statement on the future of Caledonia Pride". 13 June 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
7. Woods, Mark (13 June 2022). "PRIDE TO MOVE WEST, BECOME ROCKS". MVP247.com. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
8. Tiwari, Vidushi (13 July 2022). "Women's basketball takes a leap in Scotland with new pro team". STV. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
9. "Creation of new pro basketball team plus major investment will promote Scotland as a serious player in the UK basketball arena". WBBL. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
10. Paul Thomson (20 March 2025). "Caledonia Gladiators create development team pathway feeder for young players". Daily Record. Retrieved 21 May 2025.